Rihanna's 'Diamonds' video: Horses and oceans and fire, oh my

The video for
Rihanna's latest single, "Diamonds," dropped on Thursday (Nov. 8), and it's a far cry from the steamy clips she's released in the recent past.

The video practically screams "cinematic" with its super-wide-screen format, jumps between black and white and color and images of the singer floating in the ocean and horses on a desolate hillside. And yes, there are diamonds -- a whole lot of them at the beginning of the video.

What do those images have to do with the song's lyrics? Not a whole lot, save for the actual diamonds. But they do convey the intense feeling that comes across in Rihanna's voice during the track.